Ecstasy warning issued by cops over ‘pink teddy bear pills’ after two men taken seriously ill

COPS are warning festive revellers about a new batch of "pink teddy bear" ecstasy pills after two men were taken seriously ill.

North Wales Police said one of the revellers ended up in intensive care after taking the tablets at a party last weekend and have since arrested two youths.

The two men have since made a full recovery but police are keen to warn about the dangers of the Class A drugs ahead of the Christmas party season.

District Sergeant Matt Geddes, at Porthmadog police station said: "Last weekend two young men from the south Gwynedd area were admitted to hospital after taking what are thought to be ‘Pink Teddy Bear’ ecstasy tablets at a party.

"One was extremely ill and admitted to intensive care, fortunately both have recovered and are now home with their respective families.

"From our initial enquiries we believe they may have taken the illegal Class A controlled drug ecstasy albeit work is on-going to confirm this."

Sgt Geddes added: “Equally important however is the need to warn young people of the inherent dangers of taking controlled drugs and I would strongly urge those who supply or use ‘Pink Teddy Bears’ in particular to think hard about what they are doing and to stop immediately.

"The family of the, initially, extremely ill young man are hugely grateful of the medical care their son received and relieved the outcome is positive however they’d hate to see other families going through the same pain and so are fully supportive of what we are trying to do and in warning people and identifying the suppliers."

"We continue to work with our partners to highlight the dangers of drug abuse and under Operation Scorpion we actively target those concerned in the supply of controlled drugs.

"I should stress that whilst we have no credible information to suggest there is a 'rogue batch' of illegal drugs in circulation people are requested to take the appropriate precautions."

Dr Hywel Hughes, an emergency department consultant at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital added: “Over the last few years we’ve seen an increase in the number of people ending up in our care after becoming seriously ill as a result of taking psychoactive substances.

"You cannot know what these substances contain and they can be deadly. If you saw the impact they can have you’d think twice. It is simply not worth the risk.”

Police said that two youths were arrested on Thursday and are currently in custody.

Inspector Dewi Jones said; “As a result of ongoing investigation into this matter a warrant was executed under the Misuse of Drugs Act in Penrhyndeudraeth and a quantity of controlled drugs were seized.

"Two male youths have been arrested and are currently in custody.”

It comes after a group of four boys ended up in hospital after taking "unknown substances" in Dundee in October, prompting police to issue a warning to revellers.

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